“They’ve put me on the same level as a sex offender,” says the 73-year-old Hash. “If there are sex offenders, you’ve got to know where they are,” she adds, noting that the same rationale appears to have driven publication of information about the permit holders. As for her weapon, Hash notes that there are “all kinds of people wandering the streets. It just gives me a sense of security.” She maintains that she’s “fully instructed” in its use. “Please do not take the only thing that makes me feel relatively secure,” she says.

How humiliating. Legal, registered gun owners have not broken any law, yet they are demonized as if they were sex criminals. Nice to know that Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert is on board with that. Disgusting.